How to lay patio pavers on grass?
Summary
Laying patio pavers on grass involves a few considerations, and our forum users have shared their insights. The preparation includes accounting for paver compaction and adjusting the surrounding grade. Some users recommend backfilling around the edges and reseeding, while others in different climates use decorative rock. Lime from paver sand can impact grass, and killing vegetation in paver cracks may require non-chemical solutions like vinegar.
Here's what our forum users are saying about laying patio pavers on grass:
- "Pavers will compact down from 1/8 to 1/2 inch. It depends on the type of sand and how much you use, it depends on the size of the pavers, the pattern and how many times you compact them. We use 1-inch of concrete sand and figure in 1/4-inch for compaction on most of our jobs." -- Rex Mann, Lawnsite
- "When you finish installing the pavers, I'm going to assume you'll backfill around the edges. You can adjust the grade 1/2 inch +/- around the pavers then reseed." -- gvandora, Lawnsite
- "I live in the desert. I have never had to re-seed grass along any of my pavers. All my clients have decorative rock brought up to the edge of the pavers." -- Rex Mann, Lawnsite
- "HI, I guess either the 'OLE" hands and kness with a sissor or a weed eater. But I am concerned about the lime that is in paver sand. So now I am thinking about that recycled glass in green. There are so many low maintnece grasses to put in between to get that look but I think the grass will die from the lime? I am located in Florida." -- Skutz39428, DIYChatroom
- "Will vinegar stain the pavers? Any other non chem alternatives that won't stain, but will kill vegetation in paver cracks? What do you use?" -- oqueoque, Lawnsite
Post Mentions
- When you finish installing the pavers, I'm going to assume you'll backfill around the edges. You can adjust the grade 1/2 inch +/- around the pavers then reseed.
- Pavers will compact down from 1/8 to 1/2 inch. It depends on the type of sand and how much you use, it depends on the size of the pavers, the pattern and how many times you compact them. We use 1-inch of concrete sand and figure in 1/4-inch for compaction on most of our jobs. Peace, Rex...
- The finishing around the patio/walk still needs completed. A gravel bed around hedge, new soil and grass along walk and patio, and a final joint sand on the edges.
- I live in the desert. I have never had to re-seed grass along any of my pavers. All my clients have decorative rock brought up to the edge of the pavers. Peace, Rex
- Cement pavers and grass HI, I guess either the 'OLE" hands and kness with a sissor or a weed eater. But I am concerned about the lime that is in paver sand. So now I am thinking about that recycled glass in green. There are so many low maintnece grasses to put in between to get that look but...
- Will vinegar stain the pavers? Any other non chem alternatives that won't stain, but will kill vegetation in paver cracks? What do you use?
- I disagree about the grass part. Provided the client follows our written watering instructions - we have NEVER had to return to seed in the fall.
- For 4000 you got a nice patio. It looks graded correctly and square. Who cares about grass. Gonna have to plant seed in the fall anyways. You should be happy. It could of been a whole lot worse.
- I did one like that might not been the right way but I use mortar dry mix and broom it in the cracks. Paver snap edge I nailed them to the concrete then raised the dirt line up It lasted about 10 years till the patio crack and moved
- i am in the planning stages for installing a patio paver project and it will be my first one. Are there any good videos or other resources that you could recommend that would help? Thanks
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